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Overview

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Creator:
Roy Huggins
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Seasons:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 full episode list
Release Date:
10 October 1958 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Crime | Drama more
Plot:
Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer were the wisecracking, womanizing private detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama... more
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 2 wins more
NewsDesk:
TV Pioneer Bill Orr Dead at 85
 (From Studio Briefing - Film News. 27 December 2002)

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Still Stands Up more (23 total)

Cast

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Efrem Zimbalist Jr. ... Stuart Bailey / ... (162 episodes, 1958-1964)
Roger Smith ... Jeff Spencer (81 episodes, 1958-1963)
Edd Byrnes ... Kookie / ... (80 episodes, 1958-1963)
Jacqueline Beer ... Suzanne Fabray / ... (66 episodes, 1958-1963)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Sunset 77 (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
60 min (206 episodes)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
Certification:
Australia:PG

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The network handed the creative reigns of the show over to 'Jack Webb' and William Conrad for the show's 6th and final season. Webb and Conrad proceeded to fire the entire cast except Efrem Zimbalist Jr., and re-molded his character Stu Bailey into an international spy. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Biography: Mary Tyler Moore: All American-Girl (1995)" (????) more

FAQ

What are the lyrics to Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)?
What are the lyrics to the theme song?
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10 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
Still Stands Up, 7 August 2005
Author: Ed Cobb from Virginia

With the advent of the DVR, this show - which I loved as a kid - has once again become a staple of my TV viewing. To my mind, it has aged well and still stands up after all these years.

The show had good stories and tried to have something for everyone - it's TV after all - and not take itself too seriously. Kookie was there for the kids and, along with Roscoe, brought colorful comic relief. In one episode, Spencer arrives in Hong Kong and passes a rickshaw-hop (Byrnes in mufti) running a comb through his hair. It was a fun show! And the West Coast jazz they played at Dino's was very hip and still sounds great.

But at the heart of the show were Bailey and Spencer and the cases they solved. And these remain on a par with the best of episodic TV. The two characters work, the scripts are fairly thoughtful and bring in good characters. Zimbalist and Smith were spot on. Terrific TV.

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